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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-05-17

10" LoNerS ut no"r aud Nu>i, eros.
shc HtNcr l." it"Sti pou the Nlcs-cG
AlInIa.

NEW NoHh, May IT, 1ho Blue
I.aw- were even NOR" rlgidly H..
forced yesterday iu uni, city than on
last SUNDAY. In consequence the -r-
loon Keepers on the New jersey side
did ~ rushing business Thousands Of
people Germans cspcc,a.> crowd.
cd the icrry boats ON their way to
enjoy music aud beer In Tie hotels
urorccmcnt OF the lnW hn- cvoLrd
Huch indignant comment In many
cnrc- guests hnd purcna-cd bottles ot
wine on saturday mud ou SUNDAY
brought thcm from their rooms to
drink At their SUNDAY mcu-. At
Dclmonico' and also ut other uptown
hOstc,rice Intense stiffness rclgncd m
the bArroOm- Al the Hoffman AOtr-c
the bar was drapcd in bipck.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-05-17

BE sure and take your girl TO see
Victor Durand as it is going TO be the
best play Of the season aud the last
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

memory of one ovettaxed man. Better sys.
TENS have been invented: railways should be
compelled TO adopt them. So with the heat
ing OF cars. The crowning horror Of these
accidents is fire. The cars burn before
the imprisoned people can be rescued,
even at the quickest rate, because the com
panies still heat them with stoves. A stove
on train OF cars is relic of barbarism IL
is as unnecessary as it is dangerous. There
are dozens Of efficient devices for heating
trains by steam, hot air, or hot water. The
stoves are retained because the companies
are too avaricious and stupid TO adopt some
thing better. They prefer to run the risk Of
roasting few passengers now and then to
diminishing dividends by putting 10 costly
improvements. In the end they pay more for
damages than they would have paid for the
preventions, but that does 70. seem to teach
them. Some railways are far in advance of
others in their systems. and show con-
sequent lessening of danger. What is
needed is 10 compel all TO adopt the most
improved methods and to use the most rigid
care
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

THE shop window artist Is getting numerous
His crayons appear with distressing frequency In
the most unexpected places. "Wheneer take my
walks abroad how many poor see, }" must have been
written by Mr.. Watts this very subject, for they
are poor, very poor. The storekeeper who puts one
In his windows gives eloquent testimony to friend.
ship OF the lofties, most dlsinteresed type. Moth
ing else could have induced him to do It. He has
some friend, perhaps Of the gentler SEX who has
stic aspirations she draws an impossible cataract,
a sharp Madonna, or portrait; she frames it
nandsomely-the frame adds everything they say 1t
does literally In these cases. Then the nagRard
shop-keeper, martyr to friendship, puts it in his
window, where 1t lies in wait among the boots and
Shoes the hardware the furniture ready TO strike
chill TO the unwary beholder. The merchant is
well meaning, but he does not see both sides. His
herosm is enough TO move one TO tears, but his view
OF duty is narrow. In his devotion 10 the amateur
artist he forgets the justice due the public. 1t is
really wrong to make several hundred people every
day suffer Intensely In order 10 secure recognition for
friend. There Is person, how ever, whose suffer-
lngs dwarf those of the friendly merchant and throw
the puolic's In the shade. Pity is too weak sen-
ment for the person whose unhappy doom 1t Is to
have his portrait drawn by the amateur artist, and
then exhibited In the windows 1t is too harrowngto
dwell upon that but there are general results which
are also overlooked by the unsefsh merchant IN his
zeal TO do good. The dminuton of his trade is one
He tries to make his siore attractive yet the people
who have sheen there" pass with averted heads
and the unsuspectlng shudder and hasten away. 1t
Is sad TO think of our busy thoroughfares becoming
depopulated, but 1t Is easy to foresee the time when
nothing but necessity will compel one to walk along
them. 1t Is hard indeed to imagine Pennsylvania
avenue deserted, grass growing oyer the pavement,
cohwebs on the store doors, Jet that is what the
crayon in the window is going 10 do.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09
LITERARY NOTES.

The handsome January Magazine or american
History opens with the initial chapter In It's PROM
sed series OF studies In the rise, progress, and de-
velopmcDt OF Journalism In America, the announce
ment Of which has already attracted attention the
world over. This chapter, treating OF "Pre Revolu-
iionary Editors" and the "Beginnlngs OF Journal
Ism in Amerlca,"i is intensely absorbing, and Ia H.
ustrated IN the most useful, unique, and picturesque
manner; the text is from the pen OF the distinguished
author, Hon. s. q. W. Benjamin, our late Minister
TO Persia, who writes delightfully."- In an easy now
Ing narrative style, the strlcest care being given to
exact data. The second article OF this notable New
Years number is "a Curious Chapter In yermOnt's a
History" by j. l.. Payne, who illustrates from the
Old records at ottawa the secret negotiations which
came near making Vermont British Province
Nal Bundy pays Just and appreciatiye ''Trbhte to
Chester A. Arthur" accompanied by splepdil nor
rait OF our late exIPreslden as the frontisplece to
the magazine. Hon. John w Johnston contrihutes
an engaging Article on "fhe First American Rebel
and Charles W. Il. Chalin writes Of "rhe Properly
Line OF lIoS," illustrated with an oniine map. An
article OF exceptional attractions for all political
students Is John Van Bnren-A Study In Bygone
Poics,nby Charles III. Peck; AMI "rhe Baltimore
Convention, lsGO,' by A. W. ClasOn whose scholarly
studies OF the Constitution published In this maga-
zlne have been 30 widely read, completes brilliant
periodical abounds In resources; II fills position OF
is own, separate from and independent OF any other
OF the great magazines, and s educa ional influence
IL OF the first moment to tho community at large
The departments OF the month contain some notable
Criticisms, from eminent sOurceH, and nUIuerous
short ARTICLES. Published at % Lafayette Place,
New York City.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09
How Bost"n Girls wsis


Next TO low, sweet voice IN woman I most ad
mlre light foot fall. The elastic tread whlct
won't bend daisys head, with q movement sug
gestlye OF u cross between swan and a snow make
ls the Kind referred 10, but oh, how rarely seen
For solne reason or other Boston girls hump down
on their heels 10 a way thst makes the very sldo.
walk uelnble. Asa general thing there IL 80 much
noise In the streets the rattle VI their "wooden
shoon" cannot he heard, and you only Know what
IL happening by slight seismic conyulsion which
Might he mistaken for u baby earthquake. But
when these FOUNDERS cOme late to q concert
you realize the immense advantage chsrublm
have over sefaphim. The audience Is breath
less while listening 10 the most perfect
slngingj ihe number will be finished IN d
tnonent, ye IN spleof that oTi ihe astulianle 81,
as near the stage asposslbe. TO add % the dscord
her boots squeak and she hlsa register that sends
forth In0st brutal noise; then she crowds iplp
alp aad makes Two people rise 70 et Der psss. w
less you are very lltie lo1er than the angels yol
Wish the witches would ny away with her B03toI
girls inyeierate matinee patrons, hut someimei
wish there were no Iualnees for them 10 go to- OF
else there could be derrick 70 holst them into ther
seats aud prevent this lnvariable disturbance.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09
GRAPE AND WINE CHAT.

Few things in creation are stable. No Industry
can remain stationary, no art last without changes
Agriculture, where not paired with at least ground
Ing In theories and acceptance OF the results OF con-
slant researches, Ia simply left behind the age Tha,
branch Of rural practices vtculture, and its kindred
art, vinifacton, has surely not stayed within the
bounds Of routine. Quite the opposite. Matters, al
they have been, within the recollectons of men oi
mature age, have assumed remarkable change.
Oldium nrst. then phyl!oxera, and lately perono
spera, having played havoc with European vineyards
the position OF some eminent wine producing coun-
tries is vastly different now. From the pinnacle OF
production eleven vintages ago France has seen hei
crops diminished by one.thrd. But the recupera
tive vlgor Of the bo Of vtculturlss there has not
given way 10 despair.
Fully one NTH OF the needs OF wine consumption
In France Is supplied by southern European coun-
tres The impulse given by the demand arisen
from that motive to Italian and Spanish planting OF
new vineyards IL far reaching. There will be nc
dearth OF wine. Frances creative spirit makes the
hillsides OF her nearly tropical Algerian colony
blossom with the grapevine Irrigation 10 there
fostered by costly but remunerafive storing up oil
water on elevated positions. II Will be only few
decades when hundreds OF millions OF gallons OF
wine will cross from the coast OF Algiers to the
mother country.
Attracted by the grand successes In viculture on
the Pacific Slope, there Ia a now OF vgnerons from
France TO California, welcome aid to progress In
that important agricultural pursuit. and a welcome
accession to American citizenshp.
In the well-meant pursuit OF remedying the vice
OF drunkenness by stringent proscrlptiye means the
vast multitude OF reformers In America are unob-
servant OF the drift OF the industry OF yltculure In
the United States The change wrought In the as.
pect OF matters by the rapid development OF that In.
dustry IS already showing lts beneficial influence.
Statistics, rightly applied, Will bear this out. The
consumer OF light wine as table drink Is, or be-
comes, necessarily temperate person. Who,
investigating the subject without prejudice, can
sainsay 1t and prove his asserIlon2 Thousands OF
intelligent AaeIoaR families recognize the fact and
have begun living up TO H.
Last week Kuox's heavy wagons carried q
whole day long an array Of big puncheons Of
choice wines TO the To-KiOn Vine Vaults Wash.
ington s becOmuRa centre for distribution OF wines
right from the vineyard from California. A quantity
such as probably never before came on arrival,
was stored iD WsshIns,on, and straight, noble,
wholesome wines at That. II that Ia not slga Of
progress ln American ylliculture and great change
In hygenlc matters The writer Is sadly mistaken.
y. PoasDoRFF.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

II is time that some action should be taken
about the statue of Lincoln a. the head of
Four-and. a. half street, in front of the old
City Hall. 1t was placed on too lofty shaft
at the outset, and in the position in which
It has been left by grading the street 1t is not
only unsightly but no doubt dangerous. 1t
should be lowered and have q new and
proper foundation. The colored people, 10
whom its existence is due, would add to
their credit by paying for this operation;
but if they do not, Congress, which has been
talking of an additi onal and wholly super
fuous monument to Lincoln, ought at least to
put this old one in decent condition.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

LAST Friday evening was an instance OF wha,
Washington can do in the way Of audiences when
the entertainments strike its fancy. The National
Theatre was full, Abaugh's was full, Harris's was
crowded to suffocaton, and the Blschon concert a,
the Congregational Church had "Sianding Room
Only" Besides these very large gatherings there
were good attendanoes at the smaller places Of
amusement. including the Japanese Village, while
the unworidy pleasures of dozen or 80 praye,
meetings at the different churches, celebrating the
week Of prayer, also drew well.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

WE regret TO learn that former contributor to
the columns OF THE HERALD, Admiral William dc
Rohan, has been lying parayzed for the last elgh-
teen months In France, IN need Of both medical ad-
vice and the common necessares Of food and cloth.
ing. His address is No. IS Saint Quentin, Havre,
France, and we earnestly invite aid for him from
his many whllom friends In Washington.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

Mr. COOLEY, of Michigan, though distinguished
lawyer, is not "Judge Cooley" since he resigned
from the bench. He is eX.Judge Cooley, or Pro
fessor Cooley, ifone chooses to cali him SO: but &c
write In the same telegraphlc despatch abou,
Judge Gresham" having appointed "Judge Cooley
to be receiver of the Wabash Railway Is the hegh,
OF ncongruity to any one who knows even a little
about courts and legal proceedings.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09
A IIibernian Heto.,.
portland Argus. ]

10 one Of tie public schools the other day, while
The teacher llsrnoilng the scholars on the folly
" iutepperance, she commenced By saying that
liquor wab Dgsg'g greatest enemy A young liiDer-
nian, fresh FROM tle Euefald Isle, who was listen
tag With much attention, sald tsgi we should love
our enenles-a statement which tbe leaohsy thought
was right. but was much perpexed by ihe wig fs.
marx. "But," continued the boy, with good
natufed smile, and relieving the embarrassment OF
teach, "we shouldn't swallow ilem,h
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

TWICE lately the old story OF the coon who said
"Don't shoot: III come down." has been quoted In
Washington newspapers anu attributed to Davy
Crockett as Its hero. II Is rather hard to deprive
the immortal Colonel Scott Of his well-earned fame
as q marksman and drawer OF the long-bow, and
addit to the store of the hero OF the Alamo, who
lives In his own peculiar saying, "Be sure you're
fright, then go ahead"
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

This Congress will have TO look back on a
sickeniug list of imperative duties left un-
finished, but it will at least have the proud
satisfaction of knowing that every deceased
member had his due adjournment out Of
respect and ebulliticn of funeral speeches
over his memory. For this they legis-
lato;s
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09
SpFcT4I yoTtcE

TIE SUNDAY HERALD cannot return rejected
manuscripts, no matter tohdt their character may
be. To thts rule no exception ,oiu be made 10Th
regard TO either letters or Enclosures. Nor tcfithe
Editor enter into any correspondence respecting
rejected Communications An matter not inserted
Is destroyed.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

The verdict Of 'nobody TO blame" will not
do in the case of the railway horror near Tifip,
Ohio. The farther and higher the punish
ment goes the better for the public. II
railway companies undertake TO Iun light.
ming express trains at tremendous speed, it
is their duty TO take extraordinary precau-
tions against accident. Among the sug-
gestions revived by the accident is that OF
passenger coaches built of light thin steel or
other fire proof material. The first expense
would be heavy, but there might be saving
in the end to the railway corporation. An
o;her suggestion is that Pullman zach, q,
which are enormously heavy, should not be
allowed in the same train with ordinary
light cars. In case of collision they become
veritable cars ofJag an ath, crushing all be-
fore them. Where is the Inter State CON-
merce bill
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

marshars jury Of laymen may be an
an,iquated method of trying lady's sanity,
but there is a modern one still worse, and
that is the attempted method of trial by
newspaper.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

Subscription, In Advance, per pear. so
Remtitdpces should be made by postal note,
monev order, or checks on Selc York or Washing.
ton When checks on banks IN other cities are
sent the cost OF collection tcfl be deducted
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09
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Corner Pennsylvania avenue and Thirteenth street,
desire 10 express their thanks for The very
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It's establishment, twenty-five years ago, and espe-
clally during the past nftecn months, when so many
new customers from among our best citizens have
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the other oces,) their charges for printing Will not
be Increased, but will remain the same as during
the past year Their establishment, which Ia second
70 none south OF Philadelphia IL fitted up with the
abing them, with their corps OF Intelligent and
ful workmeu, 10 execute all kinds OF Printing and
meriting continuance Of the confidence OF the
general public. ja9.lts
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09
SpeflaI Notiffs.
n.Sar.cAurIoN 1o rnE runLIc.

This Is to notify the public that Mr.. JOHN KEY
WORTH Is oar only agent for the sale OF the PO-
LAND SPRING WATER In washington, n. Z.
AS other persons are selling another article, rep.
resentlng II to be POLAND WATER, those desiring
to derive the benefits arising from this celebrated
water can rely only upon Its purity by purchasing
from JOHN KEYW0RrH, Ninth and u streets
northwest. HIRAM KICKER \ SONS,
Proprietors OF the Celebrated Poland Spring,
South Poland, Maine.
TclpphOne 1922 iaoItG
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09
whai the Uoansyy seeu..
fHinhunnnd JUa A Atat. sJny ot

IVIVHHIVHU y HV oTaIti EfUFs EE'T
WHAT we want everywhere 10 tins country is fewer
SOuth-hatefs aud fewer North-haters-fewer Bour-
bOns In ylrgna aud Georgia and fewer BourDons
IN Pennsylyania and Maine.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

Gen. L. $. Bragg, of Wisconsin, spent the first
Sunday of the New Year In writing to some
OF his clients 10 effect that for many years past
he had devoted his time AMI attention to their
business and to the de,rment OF his own, but
that now, having passed the meridian of age and
completed his sixtieth year, he merely acted as
any bnslnes, man wou,d do, and In such action
sent them their unsettled accounts Gen. Bragg q
clients must be good people, for the response TO
his peremptory letter was four thousand eight
hundred dollars on Friday night.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

District or Columbia. County OF Washington, IS:
!, Charles A. James, cashier OF the above .naned
bank, do sOemnly swear that the above statement is
true TO the best OF my knowledge and belief.
q. a. JAMES, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of
January, 1851.
II. o. HOWARD,
Notary Pubic.
Correct-Attesti
EDW. TEMPLE,
JOHN NJ. SIMS,
w. e. HOWARD,
j. H. C. COFFIN,
ja9-1i9 Directors.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09
miscellaneous,
DROPOsALs FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
Il RESERVOIR OUTLET AND WING-WALLS.
IL. s. EnaINrrn IlrrIcr 80.

2i36 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NORTHWEST
WAsnIsGI0N, ID, o., December IA, Isso.
SEALED PROPOsALS.in In irplicaie. will be re-
ceiyed at this ofice until ~ NJ. ON MONDAY, Jan
uary II, 1881, for the construction OF lilo Reservoir
Outlet aud wing-walls, In connection gIh the Recla-
The structure will he OF granite masonry, built on
foundation OF piles, grllage aud concrete; to 10
huilt within cOer-dam In about ak feet OF water
For detailed information, forms OF bid, etc., apply
70 the undersigned. PkTER q HAMS,
de204t9 Lieutenant Colonel OF Englneers.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

swREPORr OF THE CONDITION
THE NATIONAL BANK OF TIE REPUBLIC,
At Washington d. c..
AT the close Of business, December 2S, 1856
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

PROPOSALS FOR BOOKS TREASURY
\ LIBRARY, TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 3,
OF Reference for the Treasury Library will be re.
celyed al the ONCE OF the Assistant Superintendent
OF THIS Department until O'Clock T.. M. SATUR-
DAY, January 10, 1887. Information as to the
books to be purchased can be obtained at the Office
OF tue Chief Clerk. The Department reserves the
right 10 reject any OF ali bids and to waive defects
ja9-in DANIEL MANNING, Secretary.
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

There is an amendm pendlng In Con-
gress to the act which allows TO Federal
judges resigning from the bench, after at
tanning seventy years OF age and serving at
least ten years, full pay for the rest of their
lives. 1t proposes that if this privilege be
not claimed by any judge within one year
after he is entitled to do SO, it shall in his
case lapse and be forfeited. There is little
doubt that this will further the intention of
the original act, which was to offer an in
ducement TO aged judges to resign. Retire.
ment would no doubt be made compulsory.
as it is in New York, we're it not necessary
to 60 through the long process of amending
the constitution to reach this result. As it
is, Federal judges now have the option, after
passing seventy years aud ten years service,
of retaining their judicial functions as long
as they live, or resigning at any time that
suits them without losing their pay. This
seems TO many to give too much latitude.
There is danger that at some time in the
future (of course not now there may be
judges who will hold their places tena-
ciously because they do not like
the appointing power, from personal
or political reasons, or because they are not
consulted in the choice of successor, reserv-
ing their valuable right of resigning on full
pay for years until an advantageous season
comes to use 1t. II this last t-mentioned right
be limited to one year, it will be impos-
sible to play fast and loose with it in this
way. As rule, the retirement of judges at
q fixed age, and that the one laid down in
Holy Writ, is salutary. Although every
one can mention conspicuous exceptions, such
as was the case of Chancellor Kent in New
York, 1t is true that most men de,line, either
physically or mentally, from that time. No
one is likely to make the same blunder as
Gil Bias with his patron. the archbishop,
and tell them so to their faces; and there
fore, and in order to escape invidious dis.
tinctions, it is really better to let tine hearty
20 with the feeble, balancing the loss in ex-
perience by the infusion Of new blood into
the judioiary which will result
The Sunday herald., 1887-01-09

The railroad accidents of the past week, and
others almost equally terrible but few weeks
ago, bring up the dangers of railway travelling
with distressing distinctness. 1t seems In
credible that these horrors can occur year
after year and no effective preventive meas
ures be adopted. There is too much tolerance
on this subject; people read of them and feel
horrifed and disturbed, but there is a sort
Of feeling that they are necessary incidents
they don't happen so very ohsn after all.
As long as more people die In bed thar die
in railway cars there il a feeling that the
companies really deserve credit for having
killed so few. True, the manner OF death Is
Eevoluug--so sudden, so shocking, to be well
and unprepared one minute, crushed,
mapgled, and burning the next-but then
ee how many people travel and never ge,
killed Il's not really so dangerous when
you think Of that Now, it is high tins this
easy-going sentiment gave way to the stern
est reprobation. There IL not the slightest
excuse for this accidental slsughteriBg
There is no reason why one life should be
lost in travelling, and If public opinion
slOuld De aroused 10 a humGiSDl pllcn Ol at
termination against it the time would soon
come when no life would be lost. A few
wholesome laws might enlighten these cor
poratlons some chat az to their iespoDsibii-
ties. Mark Twain was much surprised
when travelling in France TO learn that no
railroad accidents happened. lie in
quired the method pursued, and was told
that when accidents had happened the Off
cial who was TO blame had been hanged, and
the accidents had ceased. A few hangings
in this country of engineers who let trains
get stuck in the way OF another train, OF
switchmen who forget, or OF conductors who
take chances, would have a salutary effect
but with us no one is ever found to be re-
sponsible. The cause OF these accidents Ia
slways an impenetrsble mystery. The com
panies are as secret as the grave they DC
cupy themselves in getting of with as small
an amount OF damages as possible, and the
matter Is speedily forgotten. 1t should bt
the duty Of the State TO investigate each ac
oident, 10 punish the guilty person, GDd
deal in some effective way with the mana
gers Of the railway. II should also pass and
maintain laws which would diminish the
chances Of loss OF life. The train dispatcher
Is obsolete, and yet many companies still
trust the lives Of thslr passengers 10 the